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POSSIBLE CLUES FOR "OVERTURES"
#  CLUE
1. Introductory parts
2. Approaches engendered by certain scorers?
3. Rossini's "William Tell" and "The Barber of Seville"
4. Orchestral music at the beginning of operas
5. Musical advances (9)
6. Orchestral pieces at the beginning of an opera (9)
7. Picture far voices swirling in Sondheim Musical (7,9)
8. The sort of proposals one might expect from musicians! (9)
9. Mozart works for 22-Across
10. As an obvious ruse, playing music (9)
11. Proposals for General Assembly music (9)
12. Tentative suggestions (9)
13. The sort of proposals one might expect from musicians? (9)
14. Orchestral introductions to an opera etc (9)
15. They're the sort of proposals one might expect from musicians! (9)
16. Initial moves regarding stage performers (name withheld) around end of crusade (9)
17. Initial moves regarding stage performers (name withheld) around end of crusade
18. They introduce one-movement orchestral pieces
19. Attempts at seduction - obvious, sure to fail?
20. Operatic preludes
21. Opera introductions (9)
22. Romantic proposals
23. Musical intros
24. Compositions publicly presented with sure arrangement (9)
25. Public convinced, when soprano finishes musical pieces (9)
26. Musical pieces start openly but not exactly sure later (9)
27. Orchestral pieces (9)
28. Approaches works such as Romeo And Juliet and Hamlet (9)
29. Tentative suggestions to elicit reactions (9)
30. Opening compositions (9)
31. Orchestral introductions (9)
32. Orchestral compositions
33. Orchestral introductions
34. Diplomatic introductions? (9)
35. Diplomatic advances (9)
36. Approaches unhappy voter with dubious ruse (9)
37. Advances in music (9)
38. Voters rue making initial proposals (9)
39. Wooing attempts
40. Orchestral curtain-raisers
41. Orchestral preludes
42. Introductory offers
43. William Tell and others
44. Tenders
45. Suggestions
46. Signals
47. Requests
48. Pursuits
49. Propositions
50. Proposals
51. Prologues
52. Presentations
53. Preludes
54. Prefaces
55. Preambles
56. Pleas
57. Performances
58. Peaces
59. Peace offerings
60. Passes
61. Openings
62. Olives
63. Offers
64. Negotiation preceders
65. Musical works
66. Musical openers
67. Musical compositions
68. Invitations
69. Introductions
70. Forewords
71. Firsts
72. First efforts at compromise
73. Exordiums
74. Exordia
75. Bids
76. Beginnings
77. Appeals
78. Advances
79. APPROACHES
80. Opera introductions
81. Orchestral pieces open with quartets occasionally (9)
82. Out of the right verse? Then try instrumental preludes instead
83. Voters rue misguided approaches
84. Offers introductory music (9)
85. Musical introductions (9)
86. Rues such overt proposals
87. Instrumental in putting forward such proposals? (9)
88. Opening pieces
89. Propositions: obvious temptations? Not initially
90. EXHAUSTS TO EXCESS
91. Initial approaches (9)
92. Initial approaches
93. Pieces of orchestral music (9)
94. The sort of proposals one might expect from musicians!
95. first moves
96. The sort of proposals one might expect from musicians?
97. Obvious ruse perhaps in opening moves (9)
98. Serve out, right away, composing new beginnings (9)
99. They open negotiations with the orchestra (9)
100. Approaches Open University concerning conclusion of thesis
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